Winston,
Be very careful of the BMW....these German cars do not take kindly to
watching you concentrate your attentions on another - I've come to that
conclusion with my 5ktq, which stopped running just after I got my 1980 5k
back on the road with a fresh brake system, oil&filter, etc. etc. The flash
of the codes 2111 and 2113 was the Type 44 version of a cry of "You cheating
B@$tard!!!!!" I'd say I'd have preference for an Avant over a sedan, but
you know how my troubleshooting will go tonight.......
BTW, your Avant wouldn't have been one of the "Olympic Edition 5ktq's" that
were used in the Calgary Olympics in 1988, would it?
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ - jealous
1980 Audi 5k - oblivious
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes - sleepy
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"winston" <winstoncole@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I've always liked the 5K TQ Avant...the whole idea of a turbo quattro
> wagon with a stick shift always appealled to me as the ultimate
> SportWagen.
>
> I drove Audis new at product launches for years as an auto journalist
> in the 80's through the early 90's, most memorably once down the west
> coast from Vancouver to Seattle, so when I saw this Avant sitting
> unloved, its red paint chalked-up to a light pink being offered for
> sale at a silly low "please take it away" price I picked it up to use
> for cottage weekends... and have been bringing it back up to snuff over
> the past month or so while my BMW 3 series sits idle, no doubt
> wondering what it did wrong.
>
> Everything comes back in vogue again of course, and the recent crop of
> crossovers and sportwagens proves that the European
> estate/sport/hatch/wagon was and is a cool, fun, practical kind of
> vehicle to drive, and the Audi Avant is perhaps the only Euro
> sportwagen that has survived as a product in North America over the
> twenty years or so its' been sold here...so I consider old Avants to be
> at least as cool as an old Benz 300D wagen, possibly cooler because
> they're equally as robust a product, yet more fun to drive.
>

 

Winston,
Be very careful of the BMW....these German cars do not take kindly to
watching you concentrate your attentions on another - I've come to that
conclusion with my 5ktq, which stopped running just after I got my 1980 5k
back on the road with a fresh brake system, oil&filter, etc. etc. The flash
of the codes 2111 and 2113 was the Type 44 version of a cry of "You cheating
B@$tard!!!!!" I'd say I'd have preference for an Avant over a sedan, but
you know how my troubleshooting will go tonight.......
BTW, your Avant wouldn't have been one of the "Olympic Edition 5ktq's" that
were used in the Calgary Olympics in 1988, would it?
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ - jealous
1980 Audi 5k - oblivious
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes - sleepy
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"winston" <winstoncole@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I've always liked the 5K TQ Avant...the whole idea of a turbo quattro
> wagon with a stick shift always appealled to me as the ultimate
> SportWagen.
>
> I drove Audis new at product launches for years as an auto journalist
> in the 80's through the early 90's, most memorably once down the west
> coast from Vancouver to Seattle, so when I saw this Avant sitting
> unloved, its red paint chalked-up to a light pink being offered for
> sale at a silly low "please take it away" price I picked it up to use
> for cottage weekends... and have been bringing it back up to snuff over
> the past month or so while my BMW 3 series sits idle, no doubt
> wondering what it did wrong.
>
> Everything comes back in vogue again of course, and the recent crop of
> crossovers and sportwagens proves that the European
> estate/sport/hatch/wagon was and is a cool, fun, practical kind of
> vehicle to drive, and the Audi Avant is perhaps the only Euro
> sportwagen that has survived as a product in North America over the
> twenty years or so its' been sold here...so I consider old Avants to be
> at least as cool as an old Benz 300D wagen, possibly cooler because
> they're equally as robust a product, yet more fun to drive.
>

 

I don't think so...this one is a red '87 that was bought in Montreal
then moved after a few years to Calgary until two years ago when it
moved here...the O.E.'s were 88s and I thought they were all pearl
white, though I could be wrong about that...

 

I don't think so...this one is a red '87 that was bought in Montreal
then moved after a few years to Calgary until two years ago when it
moved here...the O.E.'s were 88s and I thought they were all pearl
white, though I could be wrong about that...

 

I don't think so...this one is a red '87 that was bought in Montreal
then moved after a few years to Calgary until two years ago when it
moved here...the O.E.'s were 88s and I thought they were all pearl
white, though I could be wrong about that...

 

OE's were actually red, with black and yellow pinstriping and sport interior
(like the German flag). It's true that they were '88's - I missed that part
of your message.
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
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"winston" <winstoncole@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I don't think so...this one is a red '87 that was bought in Montreal
> then moved after a few years to Calgary until two years ago when it
> moved here...the O.E.'s were 88s and I thought they were all pearl
> white, though I could be wrong about that...
>

 

OE's were actually red, with black and yellow pinstriping and sport interior
(like the German flag). It's true that they were '88's - I missed that part
of your message.
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
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"winston" <winstoncole@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I don't think so...this one is a red '87 that was bought in Montreal
> then moved after a few years to Calgary until two years ago when it
> moved here...the O.E.'s were 88s and I thought they were all pearl
> white, though I could be wrong about that...
>

 

OE's were actually red, with black and yellow pinstriping and sport interior
(like the German flag). It's true that they were '88's - I missed that part
of your message.
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
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"winston" <winstoncole@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1146598170.137021.29900@y43g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...
>I don't think so...this one is a red '87 that was bought in Montreal
> then moved after a few years to Calgary until two years ago when it
> moved here...the O.E.'s were 88s and I thought they were all pearl
> white, though I could be wrong about that...
>